Interchange project completes 3 more lane changes

Eastbound I-40 traffic was opened to three lanes and westbound I-40 traffic will probably open to three lanes next week, Texas Department of Transportation Amarillo district public information officer Tonya DeHoyos Detten said Tuesday.

Two other lane changes happened Tuesday. The I-40 westbound exit ramp to southbound I-27 opened, as did the I-27 southbound exit ramp to eastbound I-40.

Several more changes will happen before the project work ends. Also yet to open is the I-27 northbound exit ramp to the westbound I-40 exit.

Detten said the interchange is the most-traveled area in Amarillo daily.

Based on 1998 figures, traffic on I-40 is 90,000 daily and traffic along I-27 is 60,000 each day.